Hop-scoop.



PATENTED JUNE 12 G. TRUE.

HOP SCOOP.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 10,.

t .m n c w am I atknmaw UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1906v Application filed November 10,1905. sen No.286,760.

1'0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES TRUE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sherwood, in the county of Washington and State of Oregon,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hop Scoops, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved construction ofscoop designed especially for use in hop-drying kilns and arranged totake dry hops off the kiln-floor after they have been dried thereon.

The invention consists, essentially, of an improved construction ofscoop of this character which is provided with rollers on which it maytravel over the floor of the kiln, so that it will not scrape over thefloor-cloth, and consequently will not wear the same out. In additionthe provision of the rollers enables the workmen to operate the scoopquickly, thereby saving -labor and expediting the work.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front perspective viewof the scoop embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionalview thereof. Fig. 3 is a rear perspective view.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

' Referring to the drawings, the referencenumeral 1 indicates the bodyof the scoop, which comprises a framework consisting of a reartransverse bar 2, two side bars 3, joined thereto at the ends andpreferably braced by diagonal braces 4, a front scraper-bar 5, connectedto the front ends of said side bars 3, and a longitudinal brace 6,extending from the scraper-bar 5 to the rear bar 4 and preferablyintermediate of said two bars, said brace 6 also serving for the supportof the handle 7, which is secured to it at its lower end and extendsupwardly and rearwardly therefrom. In connection with the lower framethe body of the scoop embodies an upper diagonal frame consisting of anupper rear bar 2, two diagonal side bars 3, connected at their rear endsto the bar 2 and preferably braced, as shown at 4. Said side bars 3 arealso fastened at their front ends to the ends of the [side bars 3 andthe scraper-bar 5.

The scraper-bar 5 has a beveled edge 5. A suitable covering 8, of canvasor other suitable textile material, is secured to the body of the scoop,composed of the two frames above described, preferably by being tackedto the bars of the frame, as shown, and forming a textile bottom, sides,and rear end for the scoop, the front of the scoop being open. Thehandle 7 extends upwardly and rearwardly, as above set forth, and issecured to the rear bar 2 at the point that intersects the same by anysuitable fastening device, as indicated at 9. 10 designates two diagonalbraces or stays which run from the upper cross-bar 2 to the lowercross-bar 2. At the rear of the scoop there are mounted two brackets,each of which consists of two spaced-apart substantially verticallyextending members 11, of wood or the like, which are secured at theirupper ends to the rear cross-bar 2 and at their lower ends to thelowermost cross-bar 2, whereby they serve as additional bracing meansfor holding the two frames rigid in relation to each other, and at thelower end of each of the brackets there is j ournaled a horizontalroller 12, provided with suitable trunnions mounted to turn in the lowerend of the bracket members 11. The rollers 12 have their peripheriesprojecting below the lowermost cross-bar 2, so that the scoop is raisedslightly off the floor of the kiln at its rear end when being operated,and thereby the floor is saved the injury which would otherwise ensuefrom the abrasion of the scoop over the floor-cloth.

From the foregoing description, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be seen that I have provided a scoop ofthis characterwhich is' exceedingly light and strong in construction, which may beconveniently manipulated over the floor of a kiln to scoop up the hopsfrom the same, and, which will enable the workmen to clean the flooreffectually of the hops without breaking or crushing them, leaving nohops on the floor for the feet of the workmen to crush, and insuringless waste than with the scoops of ordinary construction.

Having thus described is claimed as new is- 1. A scoop, comprising lowerand upper frames rigidly secured together, a textile covering for saidframes, brackets at the rear of said frames and connecting the samewhere by to brace them, and rollers mounted in the invention, what saidbrackets, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A hop-scoop, comprising a lower frame, a diagonal frame secured tothe lower frame at its forward end, a textile covering secured to saidframes whereby to constitute the body of the scoop, vertically-extendingbrackets connecting the rear ends of said frames and bracing the same, aroller mounted in each of said brackets, and a handle secured at its forward end to the lower frame and extending upwardly and rearwardly andconnected to the diagonal frame.

3. A device of the character described comprising a lower frameembodying a rear cross-bar, two side bars connected and braced thereto,a front scraper-bar connected to the front ends of the side bars, and alongitudinal brace connectlng the scraper-bar 1 nally-extending sidewith the rear cross-bar, a second frame emcross-bar, two diagobarsconnected and attached at their forward bodying an upper rear bracedthereto, and

ends to the front ends of the lower frame, di-

agonal braces connecting said two frames, a textile covering for saidframes, a handle secured to the longitudinal brace of the lower frameand also to the rear cross-bar of the other frame, brackets embodyingtwo spacedapart vertical to the rear cross-bars of the frames andbracing thelatter, and rollers journaled in the lower ends of saidbrackets, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES TRUE. [L. s.] Witnesses:

ARTHUR W. HALL, IRA SMocx.

members secured at their ends

